Lieutenant Wallace Swilley was from High Springs,Florida.
He served in WWII, receiving two Purple Hearts,
an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and a Soldier's Medal.
He was involved in operations in Naples, Foggia, Anzio,
Rome, Arno, southern France, Central Europe, and the
Rhineland, while serving for two years with the 141st Field
Artillery. At the time of his death, he was a member of the
456th Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division.
He died in a fire that destroyed an officers' barracks at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) and took the lives of five Soldiers who were temporarily stationed there for a winter (Exercise Snowdrop) training exercise.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/444091/around-and-about-fort-drum-barracks-fire-memorial
He served in WWII, receiving two Purple Hearts,
an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and a Soldier's Medal.
He was involved in operations in Naples, Foggia, Anzio,
Rome, Arno, southern France, Central Europe, and the
Rhineland, while serving for two years with the 141st Field
Artillery. At the time of his death, he was a member of the
456th Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division.
He died in a fire that destroyed an officers' barracks at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) and took the lives of five Soldiers who were temporarily stationed there for a winter (Exercise Snowdrop) training exercise.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/444091/around-and-about-fort-drum-barracks-fire-memorial
Lieutenant Wallace Swilley was from High Springs,Florida.
He served in WWII, receiving two Purple Hearts,
an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and a Soldier's Medal.
He was involved in operations in Naples, Foggia, Anzio,
Rome, Arno, southern France, Central Europe, and the
Rhineland, while serving for two years with the 141st Field
Artillery. At the time of his death, he was a member of the
456th Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division.
He died in a fire that destroyed an officers' barracks at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) and took the lives of five Soldiers who were temporarily stationed there for a winter (Exercise Snowdrop) training exercise.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/444091/around-and-about-fort-drum-barracks-fire-memorial
He served in WWII, receiving two Purple Hearts,
an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and a Soldier's Medal.
He was involved in operations in Naples, Foggia, Anzio,
Rome, Arno, southern France, Central Europe, and the
Rhineland, while serving for two years with the 141st Field
Artillery. At the time of his death, he was a member of the
456th Field Artillery, 82nd Airborne Division.
He died in a fire that destroyed an officers' barracks at Pine Camp (now Fort Drum) and took the lives of five Soldiers who were temporarily stationed there for a winter (Exercise Snowdrop) training exercise.
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/444091/around-and-about-fort-drum-barracks-fire-memorial
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